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Date "off-hand" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Off-hand Without preparation; impromptu. The phrase, "in hand," as, "It was long in hand," means that it was long in operation, or long a-doing; So that "off-hand" must mean it was not "in hand." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Off-handSynonyms: false (adj), sour (adj), auxiliary equipment (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Off-hand |
| Specialty definitions using "off-hand": Slap-dash. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Off-hand" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.45% of the time. "Off-hand" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 95.45% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Adverb (general) | 4.55% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 22 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "off-hand"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 临时 (Offhand, Provisional, temporary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | haandarbejde (free blowing, offhand process, off-hand working), blaest uden form (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass), blaest paa fri haand (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass), arbejde paa fri haand (free blowing, offhand process, off-hand working). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | mondgeblazen (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass), handvervaardiging zonder vorm (free blowing, offhand process, off-hand working), handbewerkt (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass), bankwerk (free blowing, offhand process, off-hand working). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vapaastipuhallettu lasi (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass), vapaa puhallus (free blowing, offhand process, off-hand working), pudistaa hihastaan (produce something off-hand), käsityö (handicraft, handwork, needlework), driivattu lasi (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | soufflage sans moule (offhand process, off-hand working), soufflé-bouche (offhand glass, off-hand glass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | von Hand gearbeitet (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass), Stuhlarbeit (chair work, free blowing, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass, offhand process, off-hand working), mundgeblasen (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass), Herstellung von Hand (free blowing, offhand process, off-hand working). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σχηματοδότηση χωρίς καλούπι (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass), παραγωγή φυσητών χωρίς καλούπια (free blowing, offhand process, off-hand working), ελεύθερη σχηματοδότηση (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | spontán (freely, spontaneous, spontaneously, unasked for, unbidden), rögtönzött (ad lib, ad-lib, extemporal, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, hop, impromptu, improvisational, improvised, jury, makeshift, off hand, scratch, snap, unpremeditated, unprompted, unrehearsed), fesztelenül (breezily, cavalierly, coolly, offhandedly, with great ease of manners), fesztelen (airy, breezy, colloquial, easy, free, free and easy, informal, relaxed, shirt-sleeve, shirttail, unreserved, unselfconscious, unstrained), fölényesen (offhandedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sekaligus (altogether, simultaneously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | soffiato a bocca (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass), lavoro al banco (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass), lavorazione al banco (free blowing, offhand process, off-hand working), lavorazione a mano senza stampo (free blowing, offhand process, off-hand working), lavorato a mano (handiwork). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 떨어져 손. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | off-handay trabalho na cadeira (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass), trabalhado à mão (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass), sopragem sem molde (free blowing, offhand process, off-hand working), soprado à boca (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass). (various references) maniere foarte degajate (a very off-hand manner), discurs improvizat (off-hand speech). (various references) сделанный без подготовки. (various references) soplado sin molde (free blowing, offhand process, off-hand working), soplado a pulso (free blowing, offhand process, off-hand working), soplado a boca (chair work, free-blown glass, offhand glass, off-hand glass). (various references) på rak arm (off hand, offhand). (various references) thoải mái (airily, airy, comfortable, easily, easy, finger, off-handed), tự nhiên (artless, hair, natively, nature, off-handed, secundum naturam, unvarnished), ngay lập tức (forthwith, immediately, instantaneously, off-handed), không khách khí (off-handed), không chuẩn bị trước (off-handed, unprepared, unseen), ứng khẩu thân mật (off-handed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: handoff, offhand. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-f-f-h-n-o" | |
-2 letters: honda. | |
-3 letters: daff, doff, dona, fado, fano, fohn, fond, hand. | |
-4 letters: ado, aff, and, dah, don, fad, fan, foh, fon, had, hao, hod, hon, nah, nod, noh, oaf, off. | |
-5 letters: ad, ah, an, do, fa, ha, ho, na, no, od, of, oh, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-f-f-h-n-o" | |
+1 letter: handoffs. | |
+2 letters: offhanded. | |
+3 letters: chiffonade. | |
+4 letters: chiffonades, offhandedly, standoffish. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 66 66 2D 68 61 6E 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01100110 01100110 00101101 01101000 01100001 01101110 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O f f - h a n d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0066 0066 002D 0068 0061 006E 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4972721574678070 |
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